Altimeter Group

About Alan Webber, Partner

Alan Webber is a Partner with the Altimeter Group as well as author of the blog “Ronin Research” where he looks at the impact of innovation and disruptive technologies on organizations, leadership, and management in the government and public sector market, the emerging clean technology space, and other areas.

With a strong focus on making government more efficient and more effective, Alan analyzes the impact of emerging technologies on government behavior and interactions between government and citizens and businesses. Alan’s research helps vendor clients understand the government vertical, how technology can make government more efficient and effective, how citizens and businesses interact with government, and how vendors adapt to this shifting market. When it comes to sustainability issues and clean technologies, Alan’s research efforts focus on helping organizations understand the challenges in front of them and how technology and innovation can help them overcome these.

Alan’s areas of government coverage include: eGovernment, Gov 2.0, Open Government, performance measurement, performance management, government contracting, privacy and security, the government market, and technology policy. Alan’s coverage in the clean technology and sustainability space focuses on understanding how technology, innovation, and other issues impact the sustainability efforts of organizations. Alan also looks at the broader trends in technology, organizations, and culture to better understand what is going to be an issue for executives tomorrow.

Alan has more than 16 years of business and government management and technology experience working with commercial and government clients around the globe. Prior to striking out on his own and joining Altimeter Group, Alan was a Principal Analyst at Forrester Research where he had covered the B2B online and social media space, usability, the user experience, and user based design efforts, and in assisting the global government vertical with technology selection. Before joining Forrester, Alan led various strategic planning, performance management, eGovernment, and Web initiative efforts for the US government at the Department of the Interior and the National Science Foundation. Alan has been a technology, management and performance consultant, and was a technology analyst on some of the original Web efforts and designs. He has also implemented enterprise-wide ERP and business systems and managed the accounting department for a Fortune 500 subsidiary.

Alan has been quoted in numerous business and technology publications including B2B Magazine, Business Week, The Washington Post, Government Computer News, Congressional Quarterly, CIO Magazine, CIO Today, Government Technology, and French CIO Magazine.

Alan holds a B.A, an M.A. in environmental policy, and an M.S. in natural resources management from Colorado State University. He also completed his Ph.D. coursework in technology policy, environmental policy, and methods at The George Washington University.

In his spare time, Alan spends time with his wife Amanda and three children, reading, traveling, and enjoying the outdoors. Future near-term plans include taking up skydiving again.

Contact information:

Email: alan (at) altimetergroup (dot) com

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